Artist in Residence
[ R.A.T. ] - Residencias Artisticas por Intercambio, Mexico City (MX)
September 1 - October 15, 2018www.ratresidencias.com
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With the support of and in collaboration with AIR Antwerpen.

First presentation of 'vasculum' (video 4:3, 29', single screen film / dual screen installation, colour, stereo, French spoken, English subtitled, miniDV transferred to HD), newly commissioned work produced as artist in residence at Emile Van Dorenmuseum, Genk in 2017.

Messidor (Sirah Foighel Brutmann, Eitan Efrat, Pieter Geenen, Meggy Rustamova) has been awarded the #CONNECTIF prize by ISELP, Brussels, and will be Artist in Residence from October until December 2016, followed by a very first Messidor group exhibition. Throughout 2017 Messidor will have a permanent presence in ISELP.

Company - A film programme by Sirah Foighel Brutmann and Eitan Efrat, with Meggy Rustamova & Pieter Geenen
Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE)
November 5, 2015, 20h30www.beursschouwburg.be
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Four local artists join to present their work. They all belong to the same generation: on the one hand because they are of the same age, on the other hand because they belong to the same artistic family - because of the artistic story they tell, with a similar approach and method of working.

In each of the pieces, there is an inherent questioning of the effect ‘togetherness’ might have on the way we read images.

There will be an aftertalk with the artists, moderated by Zoë Gray, senior curator at WIELS.
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Screening of an excerpt of 'mirador', a work in progress.

Pieter Geenen artist editionwww.argosarts.org
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On the occasion of his solo-exhibition 'This land is my land. This land is your land.' Pieter Geenen produced three artist editions. These are for purchase via ARGOS Centre for Art and Media.

This land is my land. This land is your land.
ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels (BE)
October 4 - December 20, 2015www.argosarts.org
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Solo exhibition

Presenting a series of new works in various media, using the so-called Canadian Tobacco Belt as a backdrop to raise questions about the concepts of migration, land, identity, nationalism and colonialism.

In the first half of the twentieth century, this particular part of Canada became home to a large number of European migrants, especially people from the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium, who embarked on a new life as tobacco farmers. Today the younger generations have adapted to the New World, a world created at the expense of the native First Nations. Since those early days, the local labourers lost interest in the hard work of tobacco farming, and they have been replaced by so called 'offshore workers' from Central America and the Caribbeans.

By using the story of tobacco—its discovery by Europeans, its cultivation outside its original habitat, and the economic decline of the industry—as a metaphor for the concept of colonialism and the migration wave that followed, as well as for the potential loss of identity, the tobacco plant becomes a vehicle to focus on the special socio-economic reality of the ethnic and cultural groups involved.

'Time' and 'space', 'here' and 'there', 'we' and 'they' are vague, constantly shifting, and mutually exchangeable. When all elements converge, a new, undefined and ambiguous reality seems to come into existence as a reflection on one's own identity. That confusion, that reversal and alienation makes us question our personal and collective position.

Offroad - Trajectories for Artists
Publication by Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie
Presentation February 11, 2014, 14h30
Zsenne, Anneessensstraat 2, Brussels (BE)
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This publication offers an insight into the trajectory grants as part of the general Arts policy. The diversity of this policy is made clear by a complete overview and a series of interviews of Brussels based artists.

Siemens award for best short film of the International
Competition - Special Mention
Doclisboa International Film Festival 2012, Lisbon (PT)www.doclisboa.org/2012/en/edicao/premiados/
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Awarded to 'relocation' (2011)

Re/Theorisation of Heritage - Memory and the Moving
Image
Association of Critical Heritage Studies, Inaugural Conference, Faculty
of Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg (SE)
June 5 - 8, 2012www.science.gu.se
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Screening of 'relocation' (2011) + lecture on the alternative
narrative and formal strategies of 'relocation', in relation
to heritage, memory and the passage of time

Mekhitar Garabedian - Pieter Geenen - Slavs and Tatars:
Le Mont Analogue
Be-Part Platform for Contemporary Art, Waregem (BE)
February 20 - April 4, 2011
opening February 19, 17h
curator Bram Van Dammewww.bepartlive.org
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Exhibition with work by Mekhitar Garabedian / Pieter Geenen / Slavs
and Tatars.
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Première of 'relocation (objects in the mirror are further than
they appear)' (2011), a new video reflecting on the iconologic
value of Mount Ararat, the most important national symbol of Armenia,
and on how it determines Armenian identity. Since 1915 Mount Ararat
is located just across the other side of the closed border with Turkey.
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Produced as artist in residence at ACOSS, Yerevan
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With the support of Be-Part Platform for Contemporary Art, Spes Foundation,
European Cultural Foundation/Step Beyond, Open Society Institute,
Flemish Authorities

Open Archives #2 - Reflections on Contemporary Art,
Media Culture and Archiving
Argos Centre for Art & Media, Brussels (BE)
October 30 - December 11, 2010www.argosarts.org
-'Black Outs - The Eclipse of the Image as a Strategy for Visibility'
12h00 - 19h00, November 3, 2010
Screening of 'nocturne' (2006)
With work by Herman Asselberghs / Mekhitar Garabedian / Annik Leroy
/ Angel Vergara / Laurent Van Lancker & Florence Aigner
-'Buffer Zones - Reflections on Transitional Areas'
12h00 - 19h00, November 17, 2010
Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009)
With work by Ursula Biemann / Herman Asselberghs / Raphaël Cuomo &
Maria Iorio
-'Open Archives, Active Archives? - #2: Writing with Video. An
Evening with Pieter Geenen. Discussions, Screenings and Presentations'
20h30 - 22h30, December 10, 2010
Constant started the Active Archives project in 2006 with the observation
that most online archives fall into the traditional model of ’we’
(the institution) transmitting information to ’you’ (the visitor).
They recreate the physical archivists’ box, prioritising preservation
and integrity of the single object over the link-ability and potential
for multiplication through sharing that digital collections could
thrive on. They are certainly not presented as a means for creating
derivative works. If we understand the web not simply as a means of
distribution, but a space for (collaborative) writing, prototyping,
and developing ideas, how can archives take part in this net-nature?
How can archives be active beyond preservation and access? What would
it take to give material away and receive it transformed? How would
files be enriched by different connections, contexts and contradictions?
In dialogue with artists represented in the Argos collection, Constant
interrogates the active potential of the online media archive. Mixing
screenings, live-interviews and presentations, we will discuss moral
and legal ownership, contracts and licenses, annotation and access.

Views from the Avant-Garde: Sea Scrolls
New York Film Festival, Lincoln Center, New York (US)
September 30 - October 3, 2010
Curated by Mark McElhatten & Gavin Smithwww.filmlinc.com/nyff/2010
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Screening of 'atlantis' (2008)

Digikunst
cc De Schakel, Waregem (BE)
March 1 - 21, 2010www.ccdeschakel.bewww.kunstinhuis.be
This group exhibition presents a selection of video works from the
collection of Kunst In Huis.
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Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006)

The Moving Land
A publication on the work of Pieter Geenen
Published by bkSM, Strombeek/Mechelen
ISBN 9789077193259
Texts: Herman Asselberghs & Luk Lambrecht
Images: Pieter Geenen
Design: Studio Luc Derycke
-'The Moving Land' is published on the occasion of the exhibition
'Shot by Both Sides', a bkSM project with work by Johan Grimonprez
& Pieter Geenen.
Book presentation December 2, 20h30 Cultuurcentrum Mechelen (BE)

Time is a Book
Time Festival, Ghent (BE)
Booklaunch: November 13, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Curators Dirk Braeckman & Els Dietvorstwww.timefestival.be
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Time 2009 is the ninth and last edition of Time Festival and above
all, a statement by the curators Dirk Braeckman and Els Dietvorst.

Time 2009 is a book. A place to think rather than an event. In the
rat race of life, this edition of the festival wants to give more
time rather than taking it.

'Time is a Book' wants to create a temporary vacuum. A vacuum
based on the 'condition' of someone who picks up a book, takes time
and reads and looks. This vacuum, the locus of meandering thought,
is the solitary place where people can engage intimately with their
worries and anxieties, the place where people can gather, consider
and try things out. The place where inspiration can be found, but
where things and ideas, even if incomplete, can be experimented with.

An important keynote for 'Time is a Book' is the disquiet
and concern that both curators share. Disquiet about the future of
the arts and, above all, concern about the future of the world. With
'Time is a Book', Dirk Braeckman en Els Dietvorst want to
seek out the way other artists deal with this disquiet. They invited
about 50 artists to come up with a personal response on specific questions,
which can take any one of many different forms: "What acts as the
catalyst for your work (the frame of reference, the circumstances,
the 'sources of inspiration')? What do you want to show through your
work? What does commitment (artistic and other) mean to you? Do you
want to be 'radical' and, if so, is that actually feasible?"

This question is presented not as a survey, but as an open invitation
to come up with a personal response, which can take any one of many
different forms, such as a reflection on one aspect, an excerpt from
a diary, a conversation, an interview or a visual contribution. The
result is a surprising, experimental space on paper, a sketchbook
of virtual ideas and real dreams.

'Time is a Book' is not an end but a starting point and wants
to stimulate debate and reflection. Time Circles is an initiative
in which a number of like-minded Flemish and Brussels organizations
use the book as a source of inspiration to mount a project within
the framework of their own activities and Time Out consists of a series
of six debates, at six Ghent organizations between15th and 26th of
November.

bkSM #8: Shot by Both Sides - Pieter Geenen & Johan
Grimonprez
October 18 - December 10, 2009
Opening Cultuurcentrum, Strombeek: Fri, October 16, 19h
Opening De Garage, Mechelen: Sun, October 18, 13h
Curators Luk Lambrecht & Koen Leemanswww.ccstrombeek.bewww.cultuurcentrummechelen.be
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The new bkSM (beeldende kunsten Strombeek Mechelen) exhibition is
a duo-exhibition with works by Pieter Geenen and Johan Grimonprez.
In this exhibition Pieter Geenen will present two new works, 'scènes
troublées' and 'nostalgia', together with 'nocturne'
(2006).'scènes troublées' is a slide installation made of found
photographs showing landscapes in the region of eastern Congo and
Rwanda. These black & white images were taken by Belgian colonials
in the early fourties of the 20th century. 'nostalgia' on
the other hand is a single channel video work about the divided country
of Cyprus. In all these works Geenen focuses on the 'innocence' of
landscapes in different social political situations.

For this occasion 'The Moving Land', a publication on the
work of Pieter Geenen with texts by Luk Lambrecht & Herman Asselberghs
is being published and will be available on both exhibition locations
(Cultuurcentrum Strombeek & De Garage Mechelen).

An evening with Auguste Orts #6: an evening on landscape
Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE)
June 27, 2009www.augusteorts.be
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Looking at a landscape is not necessarily an invitation to look at
that mountain or this building in a landscape. A beautiful panorama
or a breathtaking vista rather invites us to look at nothing in particular,
to loose oneself in looking itself. For this sixth instalment of An
evening with Auguste Orts at Beursschouwburg, Auguste Orts presents
a full evening program on audiovisual landscape art in which mountains,
buildings and similar hard objects (and maybe the image itself?) ask
for attention and do block our view. Consider this an invitation to
look at (and listen to) some particular things.
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With work by Aglaia Konrad / Sophie Nys / Robbrecht Desmet / Paul
Casaer / Pieter Geenen / Inger Lise Hansen / Donia Dabbas / Martiens
Go Home.

Last Day of Magic
ScalaMata Gallery, Détournement Venise, 53rd Venice Biennial, Venice
(IT)
June 4 - 26, 2009
Curator Jan Van Woenselwww.detournement-venise.orgwww.scalamata.com
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As part of the 53rd Venice Biennial's official satellite project 'Détournement
Venise 2009' Pieter Geenen's video 'atlantis' will be
screened during 'Last Day of Magic' at the ScalaMata Gallery
in Venice, Italy. This video screening project is curated by Jan Van
Woensel and started as an art and theory workshop at California College
of the Arts in San Francisco. On June 4th the program wil open at
5 pm and screenings run until 8 pm. After this day all videos will
remain available for screening in the gallery until June 26.

Urbania I: Cityminds
Apollo Arthotel, Bruges (BE)
From June 12 - November 20, 2009
Opening Thursday June 11, 19h - Apollo Arthotel, Brugeswww.apollohotelsresorts.com/brugge/
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The urge for growth can be seen at all societal levels; our changing
world with increased mobility, faster communication techniques, larger
cities and ever-growing populations all results in, as yet, inestimable
proportions. During this exhibition we see how different artists translate
their image of ‘the city’ in their work. Some pieces of work depict
an optimistic view of the future, whilst others show how city dwellers
currently experience and interpret cities.
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Pieter Geenen will present his latest video 'gaze (7)' (2009)
from the 'gaze' series, and three earlier sound pieces from
the 'nightscape' series.
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Other works by Randall C. / Monique Voz / Tinka Pittoors / Conrad
Willems / Saar De Buysere

International Program II
Media City International Festival of Film & Video Art, Windsor (CA)
May 20 - 23, 2009www.houseoftoast.ca
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Screening of 'atlantis' (2008)

Pieter Geenen & Lukas Hoffman: Artist Talk
Filmhuis Klappei / AIR Antwerp (BE)
February 5, 19h30www.airantwerpen.be
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Pieter Geenen (BE, ° 1979, lives and works in Brussels) and Lukas
Hoffmann (CH, ° 1981, lives and works in Paris) met last fall while
staying at AIR, the international artist-in-residency program in Antwerp.
As a conclusion to their residency they’re presenting their work together
during an 'artist talk'.
In his photographs, Lukas questions the term of landscape by considering
trees, wires or concrete walls as elements which, in the final composition,
can result in tension, harmony, sometimes chaos. But: never an effect,
never an anecdote. Nothing but the things the way they are.
Pieter, on the other hand, is interested in the landscape as a bearer
of meaning, how landscape and man can relate to each other. In his
videos and audiovisual installations listening and watching becomes
intense, alienating, contemplating and almost tangible in an undisturbed
stillness.
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During this artist talk Pieter will give a preview of the video 'gaze
- 7' which he produced during his residency.

All Art Now
All Art Now 1st International Video Art Festival, Damascus (SY)
February 3 - 14, 2009www.allartnow.com
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Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) and 'nocturne' (2006)

Atlantis
Bogardenkapel, Bruges (BE)
January 10 - February 9, 2009
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This exhibition is a coproduction between Cultuurcentrum Brugge and
the city of Bruges, and is part of the Input/Output award won by Pieter
Geenen in 2007.
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Solo screening of 'Atlantis' (2008)

AIR Antwerp, artist in residence
From October to December Pieter Geenen is artist in residence at AIR,
Antwerp. Because of AIR's unique location between the city and the
immense port of Antwerp he will create new work inspired by the sights
and sounds and the spatial experience of the vast area this world
port is.
During this residency he will have an 'artist talk' in which he'll
present his work. More information on this soon.
-www.airantwerpen.be

Glocal Affairs. Where Are You
Maastricht (NL)
November 2 - 30, 2008
Curator Jean Boumanswww.glocalaffairs.eu
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At a variety of locations in Dutch Limburg and the Meuse-Rhine Euregion,
'Glocal Affairs' brings together works by more than eighty
visual artists, combining them into an exhibition presenting a reflection
on the global-local interface in contemporary art and showcasing the
present state of contemporary art in the region.'Glocal Affairs' is an initiative as an impetus towards making
Maastricht and the surrounding region European Capital of Culture
in 2018.
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Première of 'atlantis' (2008)

Blind Date. Sound & Vision in Private
Actionfields Temporary Art Gallery, Brussels (BE)
November 14 - December 7, 2008www.actionfields.be
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In contemporary art, sensuous experiences depend mostly on eyes and
ears. But what remains if these precious senses refuse to work? Is
it possible to translate art to people with a visual or auditory handicap?
How different will their experience be? And what about the tactile
sense in art?
Ten artists are prepared to take this interesting challenge. They
will invite the visitor to a blind date, an unforeseen or unheard
confrontation with the 'other'. With widely divergent works they are
willing to risk a leap in the dark, taking the public into the margin
of art.
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Selected artists: Sara Bomans / Michael Bonne / Frederik De Wilde
/ Pieter Geenen / Nathalie Hunter / Ben Kruisdijk / Conny Kuilboer
/ Kristin Rogghe / Arno Roncada / Weyers & Borms

Pieter Geenen nominee 'Parkstad Limburgprijs 2008',
Heerlen (NL)
The 'Parkstad Limburgprijs' is an award given every four
years to a young artist originated in Dutch or Belgian Limburg. The
winner receives a money prize of 10 000 euro. Previous winners were
Paul Devens (1996, NL), Hadassah Emmerich (2000, NL) and Bas De Wit
(2004, NL). This year's nominees are: Jowan Van Barneveld (NL), Jeroen
Van Bergen (NL), Caroline Coolen (BE), Birgitta Van Drie (NL), Pieter
Geenen (BE), Sidi El Karchi (NL), Robert Lambermont (NL) and Mirjam
Van Tilburg (NL). A group show with work of all nominees will open
on April 17 at Stadsgalerij, Heerlen. During this opening the winner
will also be announced.
-www.parkstadlimburgprijs.nlwww.stadsgalerijheerlen.nl

Blurring the Terrain or Landscape as a Verb
Images Festival, Toronto (CA)
April 3-12, 2008www.imagesfestival.com
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Screening of 'nocturne' (2006) as part of the international
competition.

No Place - Like Home. Perspectives on Migration in
Europe
Argos Centre for Art and Media, Brussels (BE)
April 12 - June 21, 2008
Curator Paul Willemsenwww.argosarts.org
-'No Place - Like Home' is an international group exhibition
on the topic of borders, economic immigration, refugees and asylum
seekers, with contributions by contemporary visual artists, film and
video makers. The exhibition takes a closer look at what lies concealed
beneath the surface of the immigration issue: the inequality between
North and South, tendencies in a globalized economy, political-social
processes in Europe. Simultaneous to this exhibition screenings will
be held of film and video works, as well as lectures. With regards
to promotion and the parallel programme this project will be organized
together with the broader social midfield of organisations which is
socially active surrounding the topic of immigration.
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Works by Miguel Abad / An Architektur / Xavier Arenós / Herman Asselberghs
/ Federico Baronnello / Ursula Biemann / Raphaël Cuomo / Pieter Geenen
/ Maria Iorio / Provdoliub Ivanov / Takuji Kogo / Armin Linke / Bénédicte
Liénard / Thomas Locher / Hans Op de Beeck / Yves Mettler / Migreurop
/ Erzen Shkololli

An evening with Auguste Orts #1
Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE)
February 21, 20h30www.augusteorts.be
-'An evening with Auguste Orts' adresses eye and ear with
sound and image, including: the Brussels premiere of 'Pixelspleen'
by Anouk De Clercq and Jerry Galle, with exclusive live reading by
Pieter De Buysser; 'nightscape (3)' by Pieter Geenen; John
Cage performed by Stefaan Quix; and screen works by Paul Sharits and
Nam June Paik. Plus: On Kawara.

New Collection
Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly, Lier (BE)
December 1, 2007 - March 2, 2008www.voorkamer.be
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This exhibition unites a selection of the museum's collection and
the work of contemporary artists selected by Voorkamer. Works by Rubens,
Brueghel the Younger, David I Teniers or Edgard Tytgat are put into
relation with works by Dirk Braeckman, Michaël Borremans and Hans
Op De Beeck.
Presentation of 'gaze (1)' (2003) and 'gaze (6)'
(2005)

Videovenster
Visualantics, Antwerp (BE)
November 21 - 27, 2007www.visualantics.net
-'Videovenster' is a project by Visualantics, Antwerp (BE)
in which they present silent video art, experimental animation and
generative work in the display window of their office.
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Solo presentation of 'nocturne' (2006)

Fortis Young Ones Award
Lineart, Flanders Expo, Ghent (BE)
November 30 - December 4, 2007www.lineart.be
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Pieter Geenen has been selected for the 'Fortis Young Ones Award'
during the Lineart art fair at Flanders Expo, Ghent (BE). Eight artists
under the age of 30 were nominated for this prize. Four of them made
the final selection and exhibit their work at Lineart. The art fair
visitors can vote for the 5000 euro prize winner.
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Laureates: Yves Coussement / Pieter Geenen / Charlotte Lybeer / Renato
Nicolodi

Encounters II
Stadsgalerij, Heerlen (NL)
August 24 - November 11, 2007
Curator Femke Lutgerinkwww.stadsgalerijheerlen.nl
-'Encounters' examines the tension between the dominant visual
culture, often confirmed by the ‘official’ media, and possible alternative
visions. 'Encounters exhibits a variety of projects that
are intended to break through the ‘stereotype’ images in order to
tell another, personal story. The exhibition can be interpreted as
an open space in which visitors can become conscious of their own
‘preconceived’ images and the choices that lay at the foundation of
accepting or rejecting encounters that may or may not be uncomfortable
for them. The participating artists each show how fertile it can be
to choose to do so. The works function as a starting point for people
to ask questions about themes such as democratisation, emancipation,
and globalisation.